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“You must bear a child, Celia. what good is a woman who isn’t a mother? What good is an empty womb?”

“Especially when it’s a foreign womb, like yours…”

It’s not an easy life when you’re watched month after month, when all the blame is placed at your feet for your young husband having no heir. 

Celia Devon Tralhamir, Crown Princess of Havietten, waits every month with hope mingled with fear. 

A child will secure her future. But it will also bind her for life to a husband she neither loves or respects, who refuses to see her abilities. Is that what she wants?

Is she content to prioritise security over happiness, and be a wordless decorative vessel all her life?

Or is she brave enough to try to forge her own path and seize fulfilment on her own terms? Even in a society that cannot recognise individual brilliance in a mere woman.

A sequel to the WEBNOVEL book “Earning the Love of a Princess”, this novel follows another woman born into the Royal House of Devon, trying to fight the confines that threaten to stifle her happiness.

The Loneliest Ballad

Lucas sucked in a sharp breath, which quickly became a brutal coughing fit. Tobin slapped him on the back twice and sauntered off. He didn't deem it worth his time to reply to his wife.

A moment later, Celia could hear him speaking to her ladies in the presence chamber. The women all responded with flirtatious coos.

The man was petty and unappealing but he was still the king. That in itself would always attract it's fair share of hangers on.

"Holy fuck, Celia. The next time you decide to take your husband down like that, please give me some prior warning!" Lucas wheezed, still thumping his own chest. "Do you know how hard it was not to burst out laughing? I thought I was going to choke on it!"

She grinned back. "I'm glad I can still make you laugh, at least. I'm pretty limited on what else I can do these days."

He gave her a concerned look. "How are you feeling?"

The Good Son